UK Veg crops affected by excessive weather
Vegetable crops are threatened due to excessive wet weather. Oil seed rape production is down 38% Olive oil prices increase 108% due to excessive drought
Richard Higgins
18 April 2024
Short Straw – the blight of modern farming
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As a researcher and advocator of truly organic systems one of the main errors in modern farming is that of the breeding of short straw varieties of cereal crops. The main source of fertiliser on a mixed farm is straw. The cheapest form of building houses with the best insulation properties is with straw. The traditional roofing material of thatching with straw is a very good one and is only attainable with long straw – Thus
The Straw Revolution!
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New information on Olive Oil
New findings from Michael Mosely. A BBC broadcast on the Today programme It is now found that previous information on cooking with Olive oil is
Richard Higgins
13 April 2024
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